My interview with David Barker ran on Stop Smiling Online yesterday. It was supposed to run print, but alas..
am a madwoman of writing, interviews and shows.
david byrne at central park: a little lackluster in the opening, amid the pouring rain which never stopped for more than a minute the entire evening. sprinkling of soundtrack, old material, newer work: played 'psycho killer.' not too terribly much of stage antics, more seemed like a somewhat whismical but stately middle aged man leading a small army of dedicated but hired hands.
Annie: yikes. a Andy B. said something like 'color me wary' when I asked if he'd go with me to Hiro Ballroom with me to see my 2004 crush of the year. Went with Caryn and Amy, as per more in the monitor, and was mortified by the amateur nature of the performance, the sound, her singing. It was like the karaoke scene in "My Best Friend's Wedding," only, there wasn't really room for pathos.
TRAVEL ADVISORY: Am flying out of NYC to London on July 26, laid over for two days then on to Prague. Haven't been since 2000 and need suggestions for great shops, sites and other stuff to check while there.
Also, am going to C/O festival in Cologne from August 26-28. Exciting.
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Well, since you've been, this is maybe no good to you, but here's what I wrote to my friend who just went:
the challenge is to get past all the tourists downtown, either by seeing past them or by going places that they wouldn't go. Kat and I walked through Lower Sarka one day and it was really nice. It's like a little village on one of the seven hills of Prague.
In Prague 7 there's the National Gallery in Veletrzni Palace. The Nat'l Gallery is I believe all over the city but this place is the famous exhibit of 19,20th Ventury art. It's not very well known so it's probably the only place in the world where you can stand directly in front of a famous painting by picasso with no one around. they also have a lot of rodin and chagall and all the early 20th c. greats.
also a great cross-section of czech art, which is nothing to sniff at. I wd highly recommend it, and the tourists won't be there. also interesting is how they've converted this old (i think soviet) building...
http://lava.ds.arch.tue.nl/gallery/praha/tmoma.html
I would also recommend the jewish museum and the old town in general. the jewish quarter has a beautiful statue of kafka that's my favourite statue in the world. he's sitting on the shoulders of a big ominous empty coat and pointing towards the future.
if you want a nice cafe where they speak english, go to the globe bookstore. that's a nice part of the
town. you might walk by a rotunda similar to the one we got married in. the globe also has an internet service.
and i wd recommend cafe slavia, and opera at the national theatre. narodni divaldo or something like that. they're across the street from one another.
We got married on the ground of Vysehrad, in the rotunda there. There's an old castle wall there that
has the most spectacular view of the city. It's better than the main castle's view since the main castle's
view doesn't include it but it includes the main castle.
The tower in st vitus cathedral (att he main castle) is something to climb and look out of too, as is the
cathedral itself, with its beautiful gargoyles. of course these places will be heavily touristed. but still
worth seeing.
Say hi to Jiri and Lida Cizek if you see them.